K9 Hero
Billy
Highlands County Sheriff's Office — Sebring, FL
Heatstroke
Bloodhound
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
Bloodhound
Cause
Heatstroke
Agency
Department
Highlands County Sheriff's Office
Location
Sebring, FL
Incident
K9 Billy died after suffering from heat exhaustion while conducting a training exercise in Seven Lakes State Park.
His handler immediately started CPR but was unable to revive him after he collapsed.
K9 Billy had served with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office for five years. He had 144 successful tracks, catching 43 felony suspects and 30 misdemeanor suspects while also finding 22 missing children and 16 missing adults.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.